LINGUIST List 26.1591

Tue Mar 24 2015

Calls: Language Acquisition/Norway

Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>


Date: 23-Mar-2015
From: Arnstein Hjelde <arnstein.hjeldehiof.no>
Subject: 15th International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition
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Full Title: 15th International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition
Short Title: PALA 15

Date: 18-Sep-2015 - 19-Sep-2015
Location: Halden, Norway
Contact Person: Arnstein Hjelde
Meeting Email: < click here to access email >
Web Site: http://www.hiof.no/pala15

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Call Deadline: 18-May-2015

Meeting Description:

The 15th Annual International Symposium on Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition (PALA) will be organized by Østfold University College in Halden, Norway, 18 September – 19 September, 2015. PALA 2015 will cover a wide range of topics related to current research on Processability Theory and Second Language Acquisition included theoretical, empirical and applied issues.

The symposium is open to everyone, with no participation fees.

Keynote Speakers:

Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois
Jörg-Ulrich Keßler, Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg

Call for Papers:

You are kindly invited to submit proposals for papers and posters related to Processability Theory and second language acquisition research.

Possible topics include:

- Comparing L1 and L2 acquisition
- Transfer
- Complexity
- Incomplete acquisition
- Cross-linguistic comparisons
- Specific Language Impairment
- Bilingual acquisition
- Heritage language and incomplete acquisition

Guidelines for Submission:

- Indicate if paper or poster
- Title of the paper or poster, and abstract of 300 words (excluding references and title)

- Name and affiliation of the author(s)
- First author's postal and e-mail addresses

Please send your submission to: pala15hiof.no

All submissions will be reviewed anonymously and evaluated in terms of originality, clarity, and significance of findings and conclusions.

Papers will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Poster sessions will be prominently programmed, and no parallel activities will be organised. The review criteria are the same for papers and posters.

Abstract submissions: 18 May 2015
Notification of acceptance: 18 June 2015



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